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長江後浪推前浪 (coeng4 gong1 hau6 long6 teoi1 cin4 long6) — in the Yangtze River the wave behind pushes on the wave ahead in Cantonese

coengˎ₄長gongˉ¹江hauˍ₆後longˍ₆浪teoiˉ¹推cinˎ₄前longˍ₆浪
简 长江后浪推前浪
Mandarin Pinyin: chang2 jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4

Meaning of 長江後浪推前浪

nounin the Yangtze River the wave behind pushes on the wave ahead
noun(it is a general trend that) the younger generation excels the older one; the successors get ahead of the predecessors

Characters in 長江後浪推前浪

長coeng4
(of distance and time) long | [antonym] 短
江gong1
the Yangtze river
後hau6
a Chinese family name
浪long6
dissolute; unrestrained; rash
推teoi1
push; shove; thrust
前cin4
previous; former; preceding; past; of earlier times

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